Ages 12 to Adult 4-8 Players TO GO The Game of Hilarious Comparisons! Apples to Apples To Go is the wild card and party game that provides instant fun-on-the-run for four to eight players! Quick, easy and portable, it s as simple as comparing apples to apples. Just open the convenient travel box, deal the cards, and you re ready to play! Select the card from your hand that you think is best described by a card played by the judge. If the judge picks your card, you win that round. And everyone gets a chance to be the judge! Each round is filled with surprising and outrageous comparisons from a wide range of people, places, things and events. What s in the Box Red Apple Cards 270 cards, each featuring the name of a person, place, thing or event. Green Apple Cards 90 cards, each featuring a characteristic of a person, place, thing or event. Quick Play Rules Setting Up 1. Open the red apple card packs and thoroughly mix all the red apple cards. Evenly distribute them between the two side-byside wells in the box bottom. 2. Open the green apple card pack and thoroughly mix the green apple cards. Place them in the single well next to the red apple cards. Starting the Game 1. Remove the red apple cards and the green apple cards from the box. Set the box aside. 2. Choose a player to be the first judge. 3. The judge deals seven red apple cards, face down, to each player (including him or herself). Players may look at their cards. Hold the cards in your hand like this so you can see the card titles. Playing the Game 1. The judge picks a green apple card from the top of the stack, reads the word aloud, and places it face up on the table. 2. Players (except the judge) quickly choose the red apple card from their hand that is best described by the word on the green apple card played by the judge. Players place these red apple cards face down on the table. Quick Pick Option: With five or more players, you might want to try the Quick Pick Option. The last red apple card placed on the table will not be judged and is returned to that player s hand. If you snooze, you lose! 3. The judge mixes the red apple cards so no one knows who played which card. The judge turns over each red apple card, reads it aloud, and then selects the one he or she thinks is best described by the word on the green apple card. The player of the selected red apple card is awarded the green apple card played by the judge. 4. To keep score, players keep the green apple cards they have won, on the table, until the end of the game. 5. The judge collects all of the red apple cards played during that round and discards them into an empty well in the box bottom. 6. The card decks, and the role of judge, pass to the player on the left. The new judge deals enough red apple cards to bring each player s hand back up to seven. 7. Play continues following steps 1-6 until someone has earned enough green apple cards to win the game! WINNING THE GAME Number of Players Green Apple Cards Needed to Win 4 8 5 7 6 6 7 5 8 4 Plastic Surgery A Plague of Locusts The Stone Age Wiener Dogs Making the Bed Electric discharge between rain clouds, or between a rain cloud and the earth, or between a rain cloud and an idiot with a kite. Death or taxes? Do we have to choose right away? The Italian physicist Enrico Fermi succeeded in producing the first nuclear chain reaction in 1942, at the University of Chicago. 1899 1980, Britishborn American director and producer of brilliant psychological thrillers. Right, Mother? MOTHER! Frosty the Snowman The perfect start to a bad hair day. Sparks were flying. Of course, that could have been the braces All-You-Can-Eat Buffets The Big Easy.
Want to Play Again? Discard all the red and green apple cards used in the game, shuffle them and return them to the bottom of the red and green card stacks. The next judge starts with a fresh set of cards and deals seven new red apple cards to each player. You re ready to play! The card combinations in Apples to Apples To Go are virtually limitless. Playing Tips It s OK to play a red apple card that isn t a perfect fit. Judges will often pick the most creative, humorous or interesting response. Lobbying and table talk are encouraged! Players can comment on cards and try to convince the judge to pick a particular card either their own or a favorite choice. Playing red apple cards that appeal to the judge can improve your chances of winning. This is often called playing to the judge. Red apple cards that begin with My should be read from the judge s point of view. For example, when the judge reads My Love Life, it should be assumed that it is the judge s love life that is being described by the word on the green apple card. Original Concept and Prototype: Matthew Kirby Apples to Apples Variations After you ve played the basic game, try these variations Scrambled Apples For even more hilarity, combine the cards from your TO GO box with cards from the APPLES TO APPLES PARTY BOX and PARTY BOX EXPANSION ONE. Because none of these sets contain duplicate cards, mixing them together will allow you to generate thousands of outrageous new comparisons! Crab Apples For a tart twist, choose and judge red apple cards that are the least like, or the opposite of, the word on the green apple card. For example, you might choose Gas Station Restrooms when the green card Classy is played. Bottom of the Barrel For a clever way to wind down a game, players must play out the seven cards in their hands, without redrawing. As players deplete the red apple cards from their hands, the choices become more and more challenging! Apple Potpourri For an unpredictable mix, each player selects a red apple card from his or her hand before the judge turns over the green apple card. After the red apple cards are played, the judge turns over a green apple card. As usual, the judge then selects the winning red apple card! 2 for 1 Apples For a real deal, the judge turns over two green apple cards to start the round. Each player selects the red apple card from his or her hand that is best described by both green apple cards. After the judge selects a red apple card, both of the green apple cards are awarded to the winner. Quick Pick for Four With a group of four, players may play one or two red apple cards from their hands. Players attempting to play two cards must place them on the table, one card at a time. Only the first four red apple cards placed on the table will be judged. 2007 Mattel, Inc. 333 Continental Blvd., El Segundo, CA 90245 U.S.A. All Rights Reserved. Consumer Relations 1(800) 524-8697. Mattel Canada, Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, L5R 3W2. Mattel U.K. Ltd., Vanwall Business Park, Maidenhead SL6 4UB. Mattel Australia Pty., Ltd., Richmond, Victoria. 3121.Consumer Advisory Service - 1300 135 312. Mattel East Asia Ltd., Room 1106, South Tower, World Finance Centre, Harbour City, Tsimshatsui, HK, China. Diimport & Diedarkan Oleh: Mattel SEA Ptd Ltd.(993532-P) Lot 13.5, Menara Lien Hoe, Persiaran Tropicana Golf Country Resort, 47410 PJ. Tel:03-78803817, Fax:03-78803867. Need Assistance? Visit service.mattel.com or call 1-800-524-8697. (US and Canada only), M-F 9AM - 7PM & SAT 11AM - 5PM, Eastern. N1386-0920
N1386 APPLES TO APPLES TO GO RULES FROM: TADD CALLIES (EXT. 4778) TOY NAME: APPLES TO APPLES TO GO TOY #: N1386 DATE: 11.30.07 STATUS: FINAL DRAFT (12-4-07 INCORPORATES COMMENTS FROM LEGAL AND CPI; 12-5-07 INCORPORATES REVISIONS BASED ON COMMENTS IN DSO AND DISCUSSION OF CARD PACK OUT WITH STEVEN) (LOGO) APPLES to APPLES (EDITION) TO GO (TAGLINE) The Game of Hilarious Comparisons! (AGES) Ages 12 to Adult (NUMBER OF PLAYERS) 4-8 Players (MATTEL LOGO) Apples to Apples To Go is the wild card and party game that provides instant fun-on-the-run for four to eight players! Quick, easy and portable, it s as simple as comparing apples to apples. Just open the convenient travel box, deal the cards, and you re ready to play! Select the card from your hand that you think is best described by a card played by the judge. If the judge picks your card, you win that round. And everyone gets a chance to be the judge! Each round is filled with surprising and outrageous comparisons from a wide range of people, places, things and events. What s in the Box o Red Apple Cards 270 cards, each featuring the name of a person, place, thing or event.
o Green Apple Cards 90 cards, each featuring a characteristic of a person, place, thing or event. o Quick Play Rules Setting Up 1. Open the red apple card packs and thoroughly mix all the red apple cards. Evenly distribute them between the two side-by-side wells in the box bottom. 2. Open the green apple card pack and thoroughly mix the green apple cards. Place them in the single well next to the red apple cards. Starting the Game 1. Remove the red apple cards and the green apple cards from the box. Set the box aside. 2. Choose a player to be the first judge. 3. The judge deals seven red apple cards, face down, to each player (including him or herself). Players may look at their cards. (ILLUSTRATION) (A FAN OF 7 RED APPLE CARDS FROM THE TO GO ASSORTMENT) Hold the cards in your hand like this so you can see the card titles. Playing the Game 1. The judge picks a green apple card from the top of the stack, reads the word aloud, and places it face up on the table. 2. Players (except the judge) quickly choose the red apple card from their hand that is best described by the word on the green apple card played by the judge. Players place these red apple cards face down on the table. Quick Pick Option: With five or more players, you might want to try the Quick Pick Option. The last red apple card placed on the table will not be judged and is returned to that player s hand. If you snooze, you lose! 3. The judge mixes the red apple cards so no one knows who played which card. The judge turns over each red apple card, reads it aloud, and then selects the one he or she thinks is best described by the word on the green apple card. The
player of the selected red apple card is awarded the green apple card played by the judge. 4. To keep score, players keep the green apple cards they have won, on the table, until the end of the game. 5. The judge collects all of the red apple cards played during that round and discards them into an empty well in the box bottom. 6. The card decks, and the role of judge, pass to the player on the left. The new judge deals enough red apple cards to bring each player s hand back up to seven. 7. Play continues following steps 1-6 until someone has earned enough green apple cards to win the game! (ILLUSTRATION) (A TABLE WITH TWO COLUMNS) WINNING THE GAME Number of Players Green Apple Cards Needed to Win 4 8 5 7 6 6 7 5 8 4 Want to Play Again? Discard all the red and green apple cards used in the game, shuffle them and return them to the bottom of the red and green card stacks. The next judge starts with a fresh set of cards and deals seven new red apple cards to each player. You re ready to play! The card combinations in Apples to Apples To Go are virtually limitless. Playing Tips o It s OK to play a red apple card that isn t a perfect fit. Judges will often pick the most creative, humorous or interesting response. o Lobbying and table talk are encouraged! Players can comment on cards and try to convince the judge to pick a particular card either their own or a favorite choice.
o Playing red apple cards that appeal to the judge can improve your chances of winning. This is often called playing to the judge. o Red apple cards that begin with My should be read from the judge s point of view. For example, when the judge reads My Love Life, it should be assumed that it is the judge s love life that is being described by the word on the green apple card. Apples to Apples Variations After you ve played the basic game, try these variations Scrambled Apples For even more hilarity, combine the cards from your TO GO box with cards from the APPLES TO APPLES PARTY BOX and PARTY BOX EXPANSION ONE. Because none of these sets contain duplicate cards, mixing them together will allow you to generate thousands of outrageous new comparisons! Crab Apples For a tart twist, choose and judge red apple cards that are the least like, or the opposite of, the word on the green apple card. For example, you might choose Gas Station Restrooms when the green card Classy is played. Bottom of the Barrel For a clever way to wind down a game, players must play out the seven cards in their hands, without redrawing. As players deplete the red apple cards from their hands, the choices become more and more challenging! Apple Potpourri For an unpredictable mix, each player selects a red apple card from his or her hand before the judge turns over the green apple card. After the red apple cards are played, the judge turns over a green apple card. As usual, the judge then selects the winning red apple card! 2 for 1 Apples For a real deal, the judge turns over two green apple cards to start the round. Each player selects the red apple card from his or her hand that is best described by both green apple cards. After the judge selects a red apple card, both of the green apple cards are awarded to the winner. Quick Pick for Four With a group of four, players may play one or two red apple cards from their hands. Players attempting to play two cards must place them on the table, one card at a time. Only the first four red apple cards placed on the table will be judged. (MATTEL LOGO)
(LEGAL) Original Concept and Prototype: Matthew Kirby 2007 Mattel, Inc. 333 Continental Blvd., El Segundo, CA 90245 U.S.A. All Rights Reserved. Consumer Relations 1(800) 524-8697. Mattel Canada, Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, L5R 3W2. Mattel U.K. Ltd., Vanwall Business Park, Maidenhead SL6 4UB. Mattel Australia Pty., Ltd., Richmond, Victoria. 3121.Consumer Advisory Service - 1300 135 312. Mattel East Asia Ltd., Room 1106, South Tower, World Finance Centre, Harbour City, Tsimshatsui, HK, China. Diimport & Diedarkan Oleh: Mattel SEA Ptd Ltd.(993532-P) Lot 13.5, Menara Lien Hoe, Persiaran Tropicana Golf Country Resort, 47410 PJ. Tel:03-78803817, Fax:03-78803867. (ENGLISH CIB INCLUDES CANADIAN ADDRESS) (DELETE WEBSITE IN ENGLISH ONLY LINE, AS WELL AS THE ASTERISK) service.mattel.com (PART NUMBERS) N1386-0920